Poet Name: Akhtar Ansari Akbarabadi

kaifiyat kya thi yahan alam-e-gham se pahle kaun aaya tha tiri bazm men ham se pahle sab karam hai tire

na jaane qafile poshida kis ghubar men hain ki manzilon ke charagh ab tak intizar men hain bacha bacha ke

sahara de nahin sakte shikasta paanv ko haTao rah-e-mohabbat se rahnumaon ko bana raha huun hasin aur mah-laqaon ko saja

zaban band rahi dil ka mudda.a na kaha magar nigah ne us anjuman men kya na kaha muhit-e-shauq men ham

ye rang-o-kaif kahan tha shabab se pahle nazar kuchh aur thi mauj-e-sharab se pahle na jaane haal ho kya daur-e-iztirab

nadim baagh men josh-e-numu ki baat na kar bahar aa to gai rang-o-bu ki baat na kar ajiib bhul-bhulayyan hai

na raz-e-ibtida samjho na raz-e-intiha samjho nazar valon tumhen karna hai ab duniya men kya samjho talab men sidq hai

nahin asan tark-e-ishq karna dil se gham jaana bahut dushvar hai chaḌhte hue tufan ka tham jaana ḳhabar kya thi

rahbar-e-tabl-o-nishan aur zara tez qadam haan mire azm-e-javan aur zara tez qadam is andhere se na ghabra ki zara aur

rahne de ye tanz ke nashtar ahl-e-junun bebak nahin kaun hai apne hosh men zalim kis ka gareban chaak nahin